J Natl Black Nurses Assoc
December 2004
There is a dearth of literature addressing the impact of breast cancer treatments on intimacy in African-American women. Much of what is known about living with the intimate effects of breast cancer comes from studies composed primarily of White women. Grounded theory was used to discover the personal and intimate concerns of middle-aged African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer African-American interviewers conducted interviews with 15 middle-aged African-American women.
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